The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1887-02-24

''Those who stand by the Dow Law most sincerely
and firmly they who want it perfected in the
part that has been found wanting They with the
people who want honest option and of false
pretense."-Ohio State Journal.
We believe the Ohio State Journal is
generally regarded as a pretty solid Re
publican paper. But if the Journal pre-
sumes so much upon party liberty as to
suggest that common sense and common
honesty should characterize the life of
party with the magnificent record of the
Republican party, there is imminent dan
ger that few half-witted dudes, in all
the glory of blistered lips, tooth-pick
shoes-and tooth-pick brains, may pro-
nounce the Journal an apostate from the
Republican party. The fact is patent to
everybody with even shadow of brains,
that the Republican party, by refusing to
perfect the existing law. would confess
thereby that the law was intended as a
humbug trick, unworthy the respect of
any intelligent man or woman. If we
stand by the Dow Law as Republicans,
we can make it respectable. If we fight
our own law, and attempt to cry down
the prohibition or "option" feature of it,
we shall call down but contempt upon
the law, as well as upon ourselves. The
State Journal may expect to be called
renegade. There is a small company of
Doodle dudes standing upon an old politi-
cal dry-dock that has been unused for
years. They prance about frantically and
cry, "Get on board, or you'll be losti" But
the grand old ship has long ago left that
place, and while the dudes strut, and
swear, and denounce the passengers and
crew, the old vessel is sailing along gaily,
with colors flying, and Progress and En-
lightenment at her masthead. The dudes
on the dock are left, and their only hope
now is that they may be able to get on
board long enough to scuttle and sink the
old ship. But she is never going back to
that port, even though she should go
down at sea.
They had a jury down at Memphis,
Tenn, last week, that seemed to have
pretty good idea of justice, though the
style of vengeance it sustained would not
perhaps be good thing to introduce as a
feature of society. There lives in Mem
phis young man named Russell God
wi, who has sister, Mrs. John Polk
There did live in Memphis fellow named
Thomas Dalton, who, according to report,
was one of that race of rare and delicate
creatures known as "mashers." Dalton is
said to have been boasting among his ac-
quaintances that Mrs. Polk was woman
of bad character, and that he had fire.
quently roomed with her at hotels-and
like conversation. Russell heard of it,
and while Dalton sat in the Peabody Ho-
tel, in that city, on the 9th day of last
December, Russell walked in and shot
him dead, literally filling his body with
bullets. Russell was arrested and had a
long trial, at which it was proven that
Dalton had told disgraceful stories con-
cerning Mrs. Polk, and that they were
utterly without foundation. The jury
then cleared him. There will be wide
spread sympathy with Goodwin. 1t was a
desperate remedy, but the fellow who
seeks to blast the reputation of virtuous
woman, for his own amusement, is no
better than the wild beast which breaks
into a home and attempts to devour
helpless infant. In such cases we are not |
certain but little less lying and a little
more shooting would work a great refor-
nation in public morals.
One of our Democratic exchanges is
moved to remark that "after the Republi- |
can party had been in power for twenty
four years, Democratic Pension Com
missioner finds nine thousand old soldiers
in the poor-houses." Well, what's the
matter. with you? Congress passed a bill
which was intended to get these same old
soldiers out of the poor-houses, and keep
others from going in, and a Democratic
President vetoed it. Those Democrats
who have been holding up with pride the
dependent Pension Bill" should go
down and get South Carolina mule to
kick some brains into them.
1t is a good rule to accept only such
medicines as are known to be worthy of
confidence. 1t has been the experience of
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